Levi Strauss Loses Lawsuit
Valued at $10.6 Million

A Texas jury awarded damages of $10.6 million to five Levi Strauss & Co. garment workers who alleged that the company retaliated against them for filing costly claims for job-related injuries.

The El Paso County Court jury found that managers at the Levi's El Paso, Texas, factories "acted willfully and maliciously" in discriminating against workers who had filed large workers' compensation claims for injuries. The alleged acts included demoting plaintiffs to lower-wage jobs, publicly disclosing their medical...